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# they spread
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"they set up"
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# in the sight of all Israel
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This means that people were able to see the tent and Absalom walking in and out of the tent with the women. The phrase "all of Israel" is a generalization, for only people near the palace could see it. AT: "where the Israelites could see him go into the tent" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# Now the advice of Ahithophel ... was as if a man heard
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Here the author compare how much people trusted Ahithophel's advice with how much they would trust advice directly from God. AT: "Now people trusted the advice of Ahithophel in those days in the same way they would have trusted it if had come" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# as if a man heard from the mouth of God himself
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Here God's mouth represents himself and emphasizes his speech. AT: "as if God had said it with his own mouth" or "as if a man heard it spoken by God himself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rpronouns]])
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# all of Ahithophel's advice was viewed by both David and Absalom
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This can be translated in active form. AT: "both David and Absalom viewed all of Ahithophel's advice"
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# was viewed
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"was thought of"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tent]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sex]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/concubine]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/counselor]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]] |